VIEWS FROM THE LOCH
Angling,news and comment from around the loch. The news pages of St Mary's Angling Club on St Mary's loch in the Scottish Borders UK.

Sunday, 22 January 2017

Now the dust has settled!

Photo 01 - John Garske cradle's a super 18lbs Pike!

Now the dust has settled!

As we have
already stated last year was the worst year in the clubs history where a wee
drifter wafted into the area and burrowed his way into the club then tried to destabilise our beloved
club but failed spectacularly! We are grateful to the two riparian owners who have barred him from fishing for a lifetime! So where does that leave us now? Well having
swept the above fellow into the trash can we find ourselves in a very good
position indeed!

Speaking with
our members what has become crystal clear is that they are welcoming of the
permit checks being carried out by our bailiff Jenny. You will note we have not
been using the term loch keeper. After the title was sullied by the last
incumbent we felt that the term should be held back and given a rest period. Yes
universally our members feel that once again there is order and the certainty
that all is being done to protect our fishing!

On our
membership I would say this – never before have we had so many anglers filled
with enthusiasm in pursuit of our fish! Similarly the number of anglers
stepping forward to help the club out with maintenance and repair is truly
astonishing! More than ever this club feels like a proper club! Our financial position is the strongest it has ever been with good reserves for a rainy day.

The fishing
in the recent past has been very good with those that put the time in reaping
the rewards in fish caught! There is joy when a leviathan is landed but there
is equal joy when a fish of lesser weight is banked. There is also joy when the
loch wins and no fish are banked, simply to be there surrounded by breathtaking
beauty is enough to recharge our members!

The future
looks bright as no longer is the threat of fishery ruining engines running
about every day a possibility! Our membership is fiercely protective of our
fishing and it is clear will take any steps to preserve this situation! They say
that for an alcoholic to recover he must sink to the very lowest point before
embarking on the road to recovery and so it has been with our club. We have
experienced the most shameful situation in our history but we have emerged from the other side stronger and wiser, and that can
only benefit the club!

Photo 02 - Stewart Grieve with part of the 13lbs 1oz Pike from Friday!

Club membership!

The time to
renew memberships is rapidly shortening with the end of the month being the cut
off date. The five memberships that arrived over the weekend will be processed
today and sent out tomorrow. Please note there are a number of people on the
waiting list and any spaces left by non renewing members will be offered to
them. Please also note last year's blue membership
cards will not be accepted as evidence of membership after the end of January! The date of our AGM will be published next week.

Photo 03 - Yellow Sun to the left and blue frost to the right!

This weeks photos!

Up first is club
member John Garske who fished the much neglected Loch o the Lowes and came up
trumps! Yes a lovely fish of eighteen pounds coming to the net. Well done John
it is indeed a fine fish and is testament to the potential of the wee loch! Photo 02 shows one half of the chuckle brothers Stewart
Grieve with a long and lithe thirteen pound one ounce fish which came at
21.00hrs on Friday. Top bombing Stewart, yet another to add to your increasing
tally for the year, oh and goan send the bottom bit o the photae Stewart!! Photo 03 shows the view from the Bay of Plenty with summer
and winter in the same shot. the temperature differential was quite marked as a spell in the sun really warmed you up!

The wider world in my view!

Say goodbye to fairness and equity!

I watched
with interest on Friday night as pompous twit Donald Chump Trump was
installed as president of the USA. We now have the American equivalent of Kim Jong-Un and his bizarre ideas! Most commentators prior to the event
predicted a massive change of course away from the inflammatory tripe he
spouted during the election race! Let's get one thing clear here he did not win
the election a corrupt Hillary Clinton lost it!

So it turned
out to be more of the same with a slight change of emphasis playing down the
most outrageous aspects of policy if you could call his ramblings policy! Never
have there been so many protests on the election of an American president,
women, ethnic minorities and even men all over the world simply stunned by his bombastic stone age rumblings!

Our own
dithering leader Theresa May is cock a hoop at the prospect of being the first
foreign leader to be invited to meet the new “president”! Trump however shows
predictable style by choosing the most embattled and weak leader currently in
office! Oh indeed he will play up to the gallery and throw her a few titbits to calm the right wingers but his protectionist stance of America first will ensure that only the crumbs
on the table will fall into her lap!

The election
of Donald Trump is a disaster for every country clearly shown by countless demonstrations all over the
world! There is now a huge weight on the shoulders of Republican politicians in
America to mitigate and negate the clearly huge excesses of Trumps warped
thinking! A failure to do so will affect
each and every one of us in a negative way!

Let's bomb randomly!

Another scandal
revealed this week was that a trident missile (unarmed) headed off towards the
USA way off its intended course! What comes out of this is the lies and deception employed by governments to achieve their own ends! To think that an armed nuclear missile could
instead of crippling an enemy do the same to an ally is a truly sobering
thought! If these things cannot be aimed with certainty then they are of no use
whatsoever! Get rid of them!

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Club AGM will take place in February/March 2017 date and venue to be announced.